1 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,258 - Huh. - And then my father died... 2 00:00:19,260 --> 00:00:21,560 It looks like a bear, don't you think? 3 00:00:22,390 --> 00:00:25,058 - Hmm - Indeed, it does. Marvelous. 4 00:00:25,060 --> 00:00:27,398 Mmm, it tastes like you. 5 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:30,188 What is it? 6 00:00:30,190 --> 00:00:33,778 I am sorry, Emperor, the news could not wait. 7 00:00:33,780 --> 00:00:38,738 Overnight, the patriarch, Bishop Ivan Illyich, 8 00:00:38,740 --> 00:00:43,748 leader of our great Russian Orthodox Church is dead, sir. 9 00:00:43,750 --> 00:00:46,368 Right. Shit. 10 00:00:46,370 --> 00:00:50,248 - Are you crying? - I am not, Madam Dymov. 11 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:52,708 - You look like you are. - I said I'm not! 12 00:00:52,710 --> 00:00:55,048 - Hmm. - I'm just commenting on my impression. 13 00:00:55,050 --> 00:00:58,838 And I am refraining from commenting on my impression. 14 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,388 Though you seem to enjoy my confessions. 15 00:01:01,390 --> 00:01:05,808 He is being laid out in the chapel for a blessing this day, 16 00:01:05,810 --> 00:01:07,268 and immediately following, 17 00:01:07,270 --> 00:01:10,518 the choosing of the new patriarch ritual will take place. 18 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,480 Right. Go. 19 00:01:18,610 --> 00:01:20,408 It's a nice old guy, the patriarch. 20 00:01:20,410 --> 00:01:23,078 He was very close with my mother. 21 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,578 - Should I suck your cock? - What? 22 00:01:25,580 --> 00:01:28,038 Sometimes you like that when you talk of your mother. 23 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,998 Not now. A kind thought, though. Thanks. 24 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,128 My mother used to bring him in when I was a child 25 00:01:34,130 --> 00:01:36,298 and asked him to stare into my eyes. 26 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:39,338 - Why? - To see if I had a soul. 27 00:01:39,340 --> 00:01:41,048 And? 28 00:01:41,050 --> 00:01:44,968 He would tell her I did, but he used to wink at me when he said it. 29 00:01:44,970 --> 00:01:46,598 My mother used to say, 30 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,768 "God sees all. What must he make of you?" 31 00:01:49,770 --> 00:01:53,818 If God sees all, then we must put on a show. 32 00:01:53,820 --> 00:01:55,688 Huh. You are bad. 33 00:01:55,690 --> 00:01:57,148 As are you, my dear. 34 00:01:57,150 --> 00:01:58,900 Huh. 35 00:01:58,902 --> 00:02:01,902 - Synced and corrected by Firefly - - www.addic7ed.com - 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,658 I'm scared. 37 00:02:09,660 --> 00:02:11,578 You must trust me. 38 00:02:11,580 --> 00:02:12,708 What is it? 39 00:02:12,710 --> 00:02:14,248 It is my own ingenious concoction. 40 00:02:14,250 --> 00:02:15,918 Ginger beer, vodka, separate... 41 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:18,838 two different things as they combine in your mouth to a crescendo, 42 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,380 drop in a lime, which will give it a kick and voilà. 43 00:02:22,510 --> 00:02:25,680 Okay. Go. 44 00:02:28,180 --> 00:02:31,018 Woo! 45 00:02:31,020 --> 00:02:33,018 - Mmm! - Mmm? 46 00:02:33,020 --> 00:02:34,518 It's delicious! 47 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,360 Our own drink. Invented this day. 48 00:02:41,570 --> 00:02:44,658 I know it's only ten, but we should return to bed at once. 49 00:02:44,660 --> 00:02:46,658 Ten? Oh, shit. 50 00:02:46,660 --> 00:02:48,658 Ugh. I must go. 51 00:02:48,660 --> 00:02:51,828 I have... duties and whatnot. 52 00:02:51,830 --> 00:02:56,588 I command you, be in my bed, naked and waiting when I return. 53 00:02:56,590 --> 00:02:59,920 You! I need your mule. 54 00:03:14,730 --> 00:03:17,148 This was our box. 55 00:03:17,150 --> 00:03:19,938 We would come here, my father and I. 56 00:03:19,940 --> 00:03:21,358 How is your father? 57 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,818 He remains a fucking idiot who ruined my life. 58 00:03:24,820 --> 00:03:26,948 But I believe he is healthy, 59 00:03:26,950 --> 00:03:29,828 and enjoying life shoveling shit in the stables 60 00:03:29,830 --> 00:03:32,038 and fucking pox-ridden maids. 61 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,118 Oh. I am winded. 62 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:38,338 Oh. These corsets are inhuman at the best of times, but... 63 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:41,630 Sorry. I was... 64 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:45,968 We have left a gap for a description of any sex acts 65 00:03:45,970 --> 00:03:47,258 you would like to entertain us on. 66 00:03:47,260 --> 00:03:50,468 Untrue. I, I have no need to hear anything. 67 00:03:50,470 --> 00:03:51,895 I was allowing your breath to return 68 00:03:51,897 --> 00:03:54,478 so as to begin the business of the day. 69 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,058 I'm sorry. 70 00:03:56,060 --> 00:03:58,188 Two things have happened. 71 00:03:58,190 --> 00:04:01,108 The patriarch is dead, and a new one must be named. 72 00:04:01,110 --> 00:04:05,068 Peter will name him, but we must have a dog in the fight. 73 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:07,818 Bishop Tarcinkus is our man. 74 00:04:07,820 --> 00:04:10,078 For when you take power, the church must back you 75 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:11,908 from a hundred-thousand pulpits. 76 00:04:11,910 --> 00:04:13,660 You need to meet him. 77 00:04:14,460 --> 00:04:17,668 The second thing is to do with, uh, the women, 78 00:04:17,670 --> 00:04:19,128 and they have... 79 00:04:19,130 --> 00:04:23,048 They have started a rumor, Svenska and her gang. 80 00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:24,220 A rumor? 81 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:31,008 That, uh, you were not a virgin when you arrived. 82 00:04:31,010 --> 00:04:33,518 You had, in fact, uh... 83 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,348 I'll just ask it. There's no other way. Have you ever fucked a horse? 84 00:04:36,350 --> 00:04:38,558 A what? No! 85 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,108 Well, I assumed not, but it never hurts to ask. 86 00:04:41,110 --> 00:04:42,818 Oh, my God. 87 00:04:42,820 --> 00:04:45,528 They just neighed at me in the hall. 88 00:04:45,530 --> 00:04:47,858 I was riding a mule, I thought that was why. 89 00:04:47,860 --> 00:04:49,908 You must win them back, and quickly. 90 00:04:49,910 --> 00:04:52,038 Rumors spread and become fact. 91 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,868 - No one will believe that. - The rumor is a symptom. 92 00:04:55,870 --> 00:04:58,668 You are a foreigner who has made a bad initial impression at court. 93 00:04:58,670 --> 00:05:01,338 The women will drip poison in the ears of the men, 94 00:05:01,340 --> 00:05:03,588 and your reputation will never recover. 95 00:05:03,590 --> 00:05:05,840 And we need the men in the court. 96 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:13,178 How would one even fuck a horse? 97 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:15,178 I can't explain it, but I could draw it. 98 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,818 I'm sorry. In avenging me, you have suffered. 99 00:05:23,820 --> 00:05:25,938 You may have to slap me down in front of them. 100 00:05:25,940 --> 00:05:27,528 You mean put you in your place? 101 00:05:27,530 --> 00:05:29,358 I mean literally slap me to the floor. 102 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:30,868 I will not do that. 103 00:05:30,870 --> 00:05:32,658 But I will make peace with her. 104 00:05:32,660 --> 00:05:35,698 It is done now, this tit for tat. 105 00:05:35,700 --> 00:05:37,618 I will win them back. 106 00:05:37,620 --> 00:05:39,575 Everyone likes me, always have. 107 00:05:39,577 --> 00:05:41,666 As ever, your confidence is an inspiration. 108 00:05:41,668 --> 00:05:44,088 - Vlad likes me. Don't you, Vlad? - I... 109 00:05:44,090 --> 00:05:45,508 Yes, Empress. 110 00:05:45,510 --> 00:05:47,668 - What are you reading, Vlad? - Triangles. 111 00:05:47,670 --> 00:05:50,048 Triangles. Hmm. That's fun. 112 00:05:50,050 --> 00:05:52,388 - Isosceles is particularly good. - Yes. 113 00:05:52,390 --> 00:05:54,138 Uh, the emperor is, is waiting. 114 00:05:57,770 --> 00:05:59,888 - Where the fuck have you been? - Apologies. 115 00:05:59,890 --> 00:06:03,058 You have duties. We have duties. We must wave the troops off. 116 00:06:08,820 --> 00:06:10,490 Fuck them up! 117 00:06:17,700 --> 00:06:19,458 Huzzah. 118 00:06:21,750 --> 00:06:24,538 My spies tell me you have kept Leo as your lover. 119 00:06:24,540 --> 00:06:25,838 I did. 120 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:27,338 So? 121 00:06:27,340 --> 00:06:29,338 - So? - "Thank you, husband. 122 00:06:29,340 --> 00:06:31,678 You were right after all, with your impeccable judgment, 123 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:33,298 good looks, and massive cock". 124 00:06:33,300 --> 00:06:36,138 Thank you, husband. You were right after all, 125 00:06:36,140 --> 00:06:39,678 with your impeccable "fudgement", good socks, and massive clock. 126 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,020 Is that it? 127 00:06:42,060 --> 00:06:44,900 No, it was... Close enough. 128 00:06:46,190 --> 00:06:49,028 Don't fall in love with him or I'll bust his head open with a bat. 129 00:06:49,030 --> 00:06:51,778 It is a pleasant diversion, that is all. 130 00:06:51,780 --> 00:06:53,488 We will still make an heir, I'd do it now, 131 00:06:53,490 --> 00:06:54,988 but I just blew my bag on Madam Dymov. 132 00:06:54,990 --> 00:06:56,528 Mm. 133 00:06:56,530 --> 00:06:57,870 My God. 134 00:06:59,290 --> 00:07:01,960 A phrase I have never heard. 135 00:07:03,370 --> 00:07:05,338 The bishops assemble, sir. 136 00:07:05,340 --> 00:07:09,168 - Why? - To pick a new patriarch. 137 00:07:09,170 --> 00:07:12,878 It is tradition to name a new one the following day. 138 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,718 And important to stop the regions 139 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,598 sending their representatives to court to lobby their men. 140 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,562 Twenty years ago, it led to much bloodshed. 141 00:07:22,564 --> 00:07:25,144 I remember. Or was told or... 142 00:07:27,020 --> 00:07:30,148 These eggs need salt or salmon or something. 143 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:32,150 Fuck off. I'll be in. 144 00:07:39,290 --> 00:07:42,210 Is it true we exist before we are born? 145 00:07:43,790 --> 00:07:45,168 What did you say? 146 00:07:45,170 --> 00:07:48,128 Is... I am emperor, ordained by God. 147 00:07:48,130 --> 00:07:51,258 So he must have known me before I existed, I assume. 148 00:07:51,260 --> 00:07:53,798 - I see. - And he sees everything. 149 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:56,550 But I am emperor by divine right, so... 150 00:07:57,930 --> 00:07:59,468 there's that. 151 00:07:59,470 --> 00:08:03,058 If I could be of assistance to you, Emperor? 152 00:08:05,310 --> 00:08:06,978 A, a woman pick the patriarch? 153 00:08:06,980 --> 00:08:08,858 Huzzah. 154 00:08:08,860 --> 00:08:10,610 You have cheered me. You are sweet. 155 00:08:29,750 --> 00:08:31,430 Lady Svenska? 156 00:08:33,622 --> 00:08:35,291 Have you been crying? 157 00:08:35,293 --> 00:08:38,338 At first sign of spring, my allergies act up. 158 00:08:38,340 --> 00:08:43,132 - Your husband is leaving. - Indeed. Huzzah. 159 00:08:43,134 --> 00:08:45,345 I feel we may have got off on the wrong foot. 160 00:08:45,347 --> 00:08:48,978 - Really? How so? - The dress thing, 161 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:53,318 some general disdain on my part, you beating my servant. 162 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,278 I must confess, I do not know to what you refer. 163 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,280 You are our empress and we are all blessed by it. 164 00:09:01,330 --> 00:09:02,490 Right. 165 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:07,708 For even if we thought you were a vicious cunt filled with arrogance, 166 00:09:07,710 --> 00:09:09,766 who fucked a horse before she arrived, 167 00:09:09,768 --> 00:09:12,130 we would still respect you as our empress. 168 00:09:15,010 --> 00:09:16,838 I never fucked a horse! 169 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,718 Do not fluster. No good Christian will believe it. 170 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,270 You have our respect, Empress. 171 00:09:31,310 --> 00:09:34,108 Well? 172 00:09:34,110 --> 00:09:36,988 She's oddly impervious to my charms. 173 00:09:36,990 --> 00:09:39,068 What's the hold she has over the other women? 174 00:09:39,070 --> 00:09:42,578 Well, she's very rich, from one of the best families in Russia. 175 00:09:42,580 --> 00:09:44,078 And some owe her money. 176 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:48,668 And she showers them all with gifts, attention, and fun. 177 00:09:48,670 --> 00:09:52,208 Well, I'm rich, and all the other things, and more. 178 00:09:52,210 --> 00:09:54,548 If we cannot win Svenska, 179 00:09:54,550 --> 00:09:57,008 perhaps we can peel the women off her. 180 00:09:57,010 --> 00:09:59,510 Empress, we have pressing business. 181 00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,728 Indeed. I now recall that. 182 00:10:02,730 --> 00:10:04,308 Count Voronsky. 183 00:10:04,310 --> 00:10:06,928 - Count Orlo. Good day, sir. - Empress. 184 00:10:06,930 --> 00:10:10,398 Bishop Tarcinkus is here. You should meet him. 185 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,478 Orlo, unfortunately the pressures on her time are great today. 186 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,108 I shall be the judge of the pressures on my day. 187 00:10:16,110 --> 00:10:18,278 Indeed. I am your humble servant. 188 00:10:19,570 --> 00:10:20,990 I shall away. 189 00:10:22,530 --> 00:10:24,948 - Did he just bite you? - He did. 190 00:10:24,950 --> 00:10:27,248 I felt it a little inside myself. 191 00:10:27,250 --> 00:10:30,668 I do not wish to be annoying, but to do this... 192 00:10:30,670 --> 00:10:32,938 Coup will take utter focus. 193 00:10:32,940 --> 00:10:35,378 I am focused, Orlo, 194 00:10:35,380 --> 00:10:38,160 but I must deal with the count's insolence first. 195 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,348 I do not understand this scattered approach. 196 00:10:44,350 --> 00:10:47,138 Do you really not understand? 197 00:10:47,140 --> 00:10:50,598 I will now need to check you for a cock. 198 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,610 Oh! Are you actually backing away? 199 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,460 Wow. 200 00:11:55,630 --> 00:11:58,288 What is "wow"? 201 00:11:58,290 --> 00:12:00,168 I don't know. 202 00:12:00,170 --> 00:12:02,300 It is a word that came to me. 203 00:12:03,550 --> 00:12:05,390 It is right, I think. 204 00:12:14,770 --> 00:12:18,188 - You all right? - I've enjoyed our time together. 205 00:12:18,190 --> 00:12:19,610 You may go. 206 00:12:22,570 --> 00:12:24,648 And when shall I return? 207 00:12:24,650 --> 00:12:26,488 At my pleasure. 208 00:12:26,490 --> 00:12:29,778 Speak no more, depart at once. 209 00:12:38,750 --> 00:12:41,710 - Empress. - Do not... 210 00:12:43,550 --> 00:12:45,800 ... argue with me. 211 00:12:53,390 --> 00:12:55,770 Are you all right? 212 00:12:56,690 --> 00:13:00,148 Of course. It's a sad day for our nation. 213 00:13:00,150 --> 00:13:03,570 He was a father to you, as you were to me. 214 00:13:04,690 --> 00:13:08,408 I feel a hole ripped in the earth... 215 00:13:08,410 --> 00:13:10,238 that may swallow me. 216 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:13,238 As I felt when Mother died. 217 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:17,998 But you grabbed my hand and the hole did not swallow me. 218 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:22,250 - You were eight. - Loss is loss. 219 00:13:28,090 --> 00:13:31,050 I must, uh... see to my duties. 220 00:13:32,890 --> 00:13:34,180 Thank you. 221 00:13:41,610 --> 00:13:43,900 No one has seen him since breakfast. 222 00:13:48,950 --> 00:13:50,910 Go. I'll find him. 223 00:14:06,550 --> 00:14:08,380 They're looking for you. 224 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:19,098 - Of course. - The patriarch. 225 00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:22,188 That old fuck, staring in your eyes. 226 00:14:22,190 --> 00:14:24,568 Why I've avoided him for years. 227 00:14:24,570 --> 00:14:27,148 And I've fucking given them everything. 228 00:14:27,150 --> 00:14:29,400 Why can't they choose their own fucking person? 229 00:14:31,910 --> 00:14:35,078 You don't want that. You need to choose. 230 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,748 The church must be controlled. 231 00:14:37,750 --> 00:14:40,830 Come on, it'll be fun. I'll come. 232 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,588 It'll be like, uh... 233 00:14:43,590 --> 00:14:46,548 when we interviewed those French courtesans with your dad 234 00:14:46,550 --> 00:14:48,548 for who would be your first. 235 00:14:48,550 --> 00:14:50,930 Yes, it was good to be 11, wasn't it? 236 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,508 Happy days. 237 00:14:54,510 --> 00:14:56,010 Come on. 238 00:15:04,190 --> 00:15:07,278 Ah. He's excited. 239 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,568 They can be funny about women, some of them, 240 00:15:09,570 --> 00:15:13,908 so, uh, he, he won't speak to you or look you directly in the eye. 241 00:15:13,910 --> 00:15:17,870 You may pass by and get on your knees and he will bless you. 242 00:15:19,540 --> 00:15:22,998 He will not speak to me? How could he be a good choice for us? 243 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,458 He is aligned with some of our views. 244 00:15:25,460 --> 00:15:27,838 One of my views is that women are humans, 245 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,458 he does not seem aligned with that. 246 00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:33,928 No, he is. He is. Just... they are old. 247 00:15:33,930 --> 00:15:35,930 We need to do this. 248 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,348 Hello. 249 00:15:43,350 --> 00:15:45,858 How are you today? 250 00:15:45,860 --> 00:15:47,650 Bless this maiden. 251 00:15:49,190 --> 00:15:50,570 Oh. 252 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:57,740 Lovely meeting you. 253 00:16:03,710 --> 00:16:04,918 Trust me. 254 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,830 I do, obviously. 255 00:16:10,590 --> 00:16:13,298 Here is a list of the candidates. 256 00:16:15,010 --> 00:16:16,718 Aren't you staying? 257 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,928 I cannot join you, sir. I am junior to these men. 258 00:16:19,930 --> 00:16:22,978 Oh, such a shame, only candidates are present. 259 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:25,518 However, I'll be with you every step of the way, Emperor, 260 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,358 to facilitate the ritual. 261 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:30,108 God will give the emperor a sign, he will feel it. 262 00:16:30,110 --> 00:16:33,028 - He does not need... - Rational thought applied to it? 263 00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:36,488 The emperor may question them to ascertain their holiness 264 00:16:36,490 --> 00:16:38,658 and their love and loyalty to him. 265 00:16:38,660 --> 00:16:41,328 - That's good. I'm judging them. - Of course. 266 00:16:41,330 --> 00:16:44,208 - Exactly. - Oh, Grigor, we are in the middle of... 267 00:16:44,210 --> 00:16:46,578 Shut up, Orlo. The emperor's asked for my help. 268 00:16:46,580 --> 00:16:49,538 For instance, how are we going to tell them apart? 269 00:16:49,540 --> 00:16:52,130 Next, can we have the old bearded man 270 00:16:52,132 --> 00:16:53,878 who smells of moldy crotch and incense? 271 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:55,968 Brilliant. 272 00:16:55,970 --> 00:16:58,258 Grigor will help make it a jape. 273 00:16:58,260 --> 00:17:01,388 It is not a... jape. 274 00:17:01,390 --> 00:17:03,848 It needs to be taken seriously. 275 00:17:03,850 --> 00:17:06,478 It is God's representative on Earth. 276 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,058 I am well aware of the fucking import, Archie. 277 00:17:09,060 --> 00:17:10,728 Right. Where shall we start? 278 00:17:10,730 --> 00:17:12,778 I suggest order by beard length. 279 00:17:14,190 --> 00:17:16,070 Rich. That's rich. 280 00:17:19,120 --> 00:17:21,408 This is a good and holy man. 281 00:17:21,410 --> 00:17:23,448 Right. Do we want that? 282 00:17:23,450 --> 00:17:25,748 - We want someone who loves you. - Hmm. 283 00:17:25,750 --> 00:17:30,168 Emperor Peter, I am Pavel Lopov Tarcinkus of Mogilyov. 284 00:17:30,170 --> 00:17:31,958 Your loyalty to the emperor 285 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,798 is as strong as your bond with God, is it not? 286 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,338 That seems a good question. 287 00:17:36,340 --> 00:17:38,678 It is an unbreakable bond. 288 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,888 You are God, God is you, God is love. 289 00:17:41,890 --> 00:17:44,178 Huh. I like this guy. 290 00:17:44,180 --> 00:17:48,898 Emperor, I am Herman Aleksy Leontius of Vilna. 291 00:17:48,900 --> 00:17:52,978 And I believe you to be the greatest leader Russia has ever seen. 292 00:17:52,980 --> 00:17:55,278 He seems like a strong possibility, too. 293 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,608 I would be honored to serve under you, 294 00:17:57,610 --> 00:18:00,238 at the feet of God himself. 295 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:01,658 I like this guy. 296 00:18:01,660 --> 00:18:04,448 I do not claim to be good enough for this office. 297 00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:06,788 I know only one thing. 298 00:18:06,790 --> 00:18:11,458 This emperor is a man who brings us to destruction, 299 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:14,918 amoral, devil-worshiping... 300 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,798 ... a fornicator, 301 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,258 a man to be turned on by the church 302 00:18:19,260 --> 00:18:21,508 and denounced from every pulpit in the land 303 00:18:21,510 --> 00:18:23,548 as a soulless heretic. 304 00:18:23,550 --> 00:18:25,268 You fucking... 305 00:18:25,270 --> 00:18:28,478 I commit myself to the flames of God's love... 306 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,098 ... and leave this place to its inequity! 307 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,820 Jesus. 308 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,038 How dare he speak to me like that? 309 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,368 Take some snuff, it's in the nostrils. 310 00:18:49,370 --> 00:18:52,248 It is why we must be sure you are supported and loved. 311 00:18:52,250 --> 00:18:55,798 It is a danger we have just seen if the church denounce you. 312 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,088 It would be grossly unfair, and fucking dangerous. 313 00:18:58,090 --> 00:19:00,468 Archie, what the fuck? Why was he on the list? 314 00:19:00,470 --> 00:19:02,258 It was voted on by the synod. 315 00:19:02,260 --> 00:19:05,638 He is a troubled man. I had no idea he was this... 316 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,428 How do I know they don't all think like that? 317 00:19:07,430 --> 00:19:09,928 That is the danger of the wrong choice... they turn on the emperor. 318 00:19:09,930 --> 00:19:13,268 That's why I think Bishop Tarcinkus would be a good choice. 319 00:19:13,270 --> 00:19:16,648 - Which one was he? - Old guy, gray beard, not on fire. 320 00:19:16,650 --> 00:19:19,358 You're not helpful, Grigor. 321 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:22,738 It's not at all my place to advise on this, 322 00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:27,198 but obviously you would have seen Kerlov as a strong candidate. 323 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:30,038 - He preaches hate and fear. - Yes, fear. 324 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,458 You cannot hold Russia without it. 325 00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:36,630 It's a lever in the emperor's hand the church happily wields for him. 326 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:40,920 Yes, I have made a decision. 327 00:19:42,010 --> 00:19:44,928 I'll start with a beer, move on to vodka, 328 00:19:44,930 --> 00:19:46,598 and then eat some pussy for dessert. 329 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,600 Grigor, let's go. 330 00:19:50,980 --> 00:19:53,438 It is not your place to advise on this. 331 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,308 Why do you care who it is so much? 332 00:19:55,310 --> 00:19:57,438 I desire Russia's goodness. 333 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:00,438 I do not wish someone who will take us back to the Dark Ages. 334 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,568 Mm. You lie so well, Orlo. 335 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:07,870 From one so accomplished, the greatest of compliments. 336 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:10,200 Oh. 337 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:17,588 Such a burning love for God. 338 00:20:17,590 --> 00:20:20,050 One can love too much. 339 00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:30,310 These are pretty things. 340 00:20:31,850 --> 00:20:33,310 As are you, Vlad. 341 00:20:41,730 --> 00:20:43,438 The empress. 342 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,818 Oh, Empress. 343 00:20:46,820 --> 00:20:48,658 I saw it and thought of you. 344 00:20:48,660 --> 00:20:51,038 It is delightful. 345 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,368 I'm sorry about my children. 346 00:20:54,370 --> 00:20:57,578 Boris is sick and they are... 347 00:20:57,580 --> 00:20:59,420 ... just crazy! 348 00:21:03,260 --> 00:21:05,050 They are delightful. 349 00:21:09,890 --> 00:21:12,518 It is so elegant. 350 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,600 A lovely color. 351 00:21:15,890 --> 00:21:19,648 I saw it and it made me think of you in your elegance. 352 00:21:19,650 --> 00:21:21,320 Thank you. 353 00:21:26,110 --> 00:21:27,818 They are made of Georgian gold, 354 00:21:27,820 --> 00:21:30,330 and I wished you to have one the minute I saw them. 355 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:36,328 - You should not beg like this. - What? 356 00:21:36,330 --> 00:21:40,208 You are the empress. Status is everything. 357 00:21:40,210 --> 00:21:41,838 I wish to be their friend. 358 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:44,920 Aren't you sweet? And don't they love to eat sweet things. 359 00:21:46,380 --> 00:21:48,050 Thanks for the egg. 360 00:21:51,220 --> 00:21:54,518 You will not become actual friends with them, will you? 361 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,058 I could not bear it. 362 00:21:57,060 --> 00:21:59,188 You are my first friend here, 363 00:21:59,190 --> 00:22:02,190 my true friend, nothing shall shake that. 364 00:22:10,820 --> 00:22:12,330 Excuse me. 365 00:22:28,170 --> 00:22:30,008 Good day. 366 00:22:30,010 --> 00:22:31,638 Join me at midnight in my apartments. 367 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,098 I will not be at your or anyone's whim. 368 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,270 Of course, Empress. 369 00:22:38,980 --> 00:22:41,938 However, I often go walking at night, 370 00:22:41,940 --> 00:22:45,980 so I may be there, coincidentally, or I may not. 371 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:50,820 I do so enjoy the length of these hallways. 372 00:22:53,910 --> 00:22:57,288 Oh. I've not been in here since your father had an orgy one night, 373 00:22:57,290 --> 00:22:59,078 and a man put a carrot in my asshole. 374 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:03,960 Emperor. Yes. My old family apartments. 375 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:06,878 It's been a few years, but I am to stay awhile. 376 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,258 What are you doing? 377 00:23:08,260 --> 00:23:11,928 I like trees. I am used to seeing them from my bed at home. 378 00:23:11,930 --> 00:23:15,718 The aspect of these windows do not allow it, so I'm planting one. 379 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:17,558 Odd, but okay. 380 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,678 You are officially the empress's lover. 381 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,638 I released you, but she kept you. 382 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:23,608 You released me? 383 00:23:23,610 --> 00:23:25,770 She was to tell you. She did not? 384 00:23:26,690 --> 00:23:27,858 She is a witch. 385 00:23:27,860 --> 00:23:29,858 Two things. Welcome to court. 386 00:23:29,860 --> 00:23:31,778 You're one of us now. 387 00:23:31,780 --> 00:23:33,448 Huzzah. 388 00:23:33,450 --> 00:23:35,488 Ah, Grigor. He's planting trees. 389 00:23:35,490 --> 00:23:37,118 - He's a curious one. - Mm. 390 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:39,649 He also seems unwell. 391 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:41,748 Oh, I hit him quite hard. Give him a drink. 392 00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:44,458 Let us sit in this indoor forest and drink together. 393 00:23:44,460 --> 00:23:47,088 A man should be friends with his wife's lover. 394 00:23:47,090 --> 00:23:48,248 My father taught me, 395 00:23:48,250 --> 00:23:51,168 it is the only way things go well and do not end in bloodshed. 396 00:23:51,170 --> 00:23:53,378 - Grigor, do you agree? - Indeed. 397 00:23:53,380 --> 00:23:54,968 See, Grigor and I love each other. 398 00:23:54,970 --> 00:23:57,138 This morning, I ate a fig out of his wife's pussy, 399 00:23:57,140 --> 00:23:58,598 - and here we are. - What? 400 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,058 It is a bond unbreakable. Leo, we shall be friends. 401 00:24:02,060 --> 00:24:03,390 My honor, sir. 402 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,510 What is this? 403 00:24:32,340 --> 00:24:35,468 A plum. P-L-U-M. 404 00:24:35,470 --> 00:24:37,508 Mm. Your reading goes well. 405 00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:40,600 Count Leo Voronsky requests admittance. 406 00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:49,318 I know you're busy, so I'll keep this brief. 407 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,650 Go on. 408 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,398 That was it. 409 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,780 What was it? 410 00:24:57,570 --> 00:24:59,948 I was lying in my bed, thinking of you, 411 00:24:59,950 --> 00:25:02,248 how exquisite you are, 412 00:25:02,250 --> 00:25:05,040 and I began to think my mind was exaggerating it. 413 00:25:06,290 --> 00:25:09,500 - And was it? - A little, yes, but not much. 414 00:25:12,460 --> 00:25:14,128 I came to see you last night, 415 00:25:14,130 --> 00:25:16,338 and found you with Peter, in a fruit fest. 416 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:19,098 Ah. He wishes for us to be friends. 417 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:21,180 I must be friends. 418 00:25:22,850 --> 00:25:25,808 You are good at this game, pretending. 419 00:25:25,810 --> 00:25:27,808 I suppose I am. 420 00:25:27,810 --> 00:25:30,228 So how can I believe you? 421 00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:32,570 - That you are... - True with you? 422 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,030 I suppose you only have your instincts on it. 423 00:25:40,370 --> 00:25:42,450 I am something of a romantic. 424 00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:46,498 My fear is that you will... 425 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:47,960 Break your heart. 426 00:25:48,750 --> 00:25:50,588 Were I to fall for you, that is. 427 00:25:50,590 --> 00:25:52,628 Which you have not. 428 00:25:52,630 --> 00:25:54,708 Not at all. 429 00:25:54,710 --> 00:25:58,260 You were a pleasure I decided to take to slake my curiosity. 430 00:25:59,890 --> 00:26:02,558 You have a ruthless side, 431 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,308 it makes my blood rush around a little. 432 00:26:05,310 --> 00:26:07,228 - You are complicating me. - And you me. 433 00:26:07,230 --> 00:26:09,350 Seeing you with Peter. 434 00:26:10,150 --> 00:26:12,068 Am I a fool? 435 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:14,530 - I can be. - We all can be. 436 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,988 Being with you, I've made myself a part of his world. 437 00:26:17,990 --> 00:26:20,108 Mercurial as he is, 438 00:26:20,110 --> 00:26:21,988 delightful but unknown as you are, 439 00:26:21,990 --> 00:26:24,698 I am aware I invite trouble into my otherwise easy life. 440 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,368 And usually all I like to invite is guests for drinks 441 00:26:27,370 --> 00:26:29,168 and a wander in the estate woods. 442 00:26:29,170 --> 00:26:31,958 Do not charm me so relentlessly. 443 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:33,880 I have fallen for you. 444 00:26:35,090 --> 00:26:36,260 So... 445 00:26:38,340 --> 00:26:39,880 I'm fucked. 446 00:26:40,890 --> 00:26:43,218 I have decided to embrace it. 447 00:26:43,220 --> 00:26:44,968 If you wish to toss me aside now, 448 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:46,598 you will break a large piece of me inside, 449 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:48,428 but I would be free to escape to my estate, 450 00:26:48,430 --> 00:26:51,438 and in time, I'd perhaps mend. 451 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,070 You'd do me a brutal favor if you did, so... 452 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,940 Choose? 453 00:26:58,700 --> 00:26:59,860 Choose. 454 00:27:02,620 --> 00:27:03,870 I... 455 00:27:05,660 --> 00:27:07,040 You may go. 456 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,920 For the moment. 457 00:27:12,750 --> 00:27:13,880 I'm... 458 00:27:15,590 --> 00:27:16,880 will think. 459 00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:31,938 Daddy loved gambling. 460 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:33,978 I once awoke to him chopping off my pigtails 461 00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:35,518 because he'd lost them to the creepy footman. 462 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:36,938 Mm. 463 00:27:36,940 --> 00:27:39,438 The worst part was him losing the fucking vineyards, 464 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,898 and now we have to pay for this delicious wine. 465 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:44,160 It is delicious. Mm. 466 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,118 Mm. 467 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,000 Shh! Shh! 468 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:59,548 Ahem. The bishops assemble, sir. 469 00:27:59,550 --> 00:28:01,508 We must decide today. 470 00:28:01,510 --> 00:28:03,838 We are eating oysters, for fuck's sakes. 471 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,260 Must you interrupt? Get out! 472 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,148 So rude! 473 00:28:14,150 --> 00:28:16,108 - Mm. - How's it going? 474 00:28:16,110 --> 00:28:18,688 Badly. God should really give me a sign. 475 00:28:18,690 --> 00:28:20,068 Lazy fucker. 476 00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:21,528 Me? 477 00:28:21,530 --> 00:28:22,568 God! 478 00:28:22,570 --> 00:28:24,858 - Oh. - Well, both of you, really. 479 00:28:26,660 --> 00:28:28,638 Why don't they just kill them all and instate me? 480 00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,430 I look good in black and I'm under a hundred, 481 00:28:30,432 --> 00:28:32,038 it'll be refreshing for all. 482 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:34,668 - That's a brilliant idea. Well done. - Thank you. 483 00:28:34,670 --> 00:28:37,788 No. What I said. A fucking sign. 484 00:28:37,790 --> 00:28:40,000 Why must I do all the work? 485 00:28:46,090 --> 00:28:47,510 For you. 486 00:28:51,060 --> 00:28:53,058 This is from Svenska. 487 00:28:53,060 --> 00:28:55,230 She's invited me to a tea dance this day. 488 00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,648 Someone realizes she needs to make peace. 489 00:28:58,650 --> 00:29:00,230 Hmm. 490 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,408 Thank you for your beautiful gift. 491 00:29:11,410 --> 00:29:15,618 Give the empress some air. You will crush her. 492 00:29:15,620 --> 00:29:17,250 Sit, my dear. 493 00:29:21,500 --> 00:29:23,008 Thank you. 494 00:29:23,010 --> 00:29:24,668 And for the invitation. 495 00:29:24,670 --> 00:29:28,718 Your gift was beautiful. You have exquisite taste. 496 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,428 I always think that of you. 497 00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:34,768 I try, as there isn't much else to do here. 498 00:29:34,770 --> 00:29:37,228 How is your lover? 499 00:29:37,230 --> 00:29:39,308 Oh, yes. Do tell. 500 00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:40,978 His father was astonishing. 501 00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:42,358 He was my first. 502 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:44,738 Lay Leo on a dish for us, Empress. 503 00:29:44,740 --> 00:29:46,530 We wish to know you. 504 00:29:47,950 --> 00:29:50,740 It's... it's a private thing. 505 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:53,120 Of course. 506 00:29:54,580 --> 00:29:55,658 Shall we dance? 507 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:23,650 Hmm. 508 00:30:56,770 --> 00:30:58,518 Dear Catherine, are you all right? 509 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,058 We get caught up in the music. 510 00:31:00,060 --> 00:31:01,728 And you are new to the dance. 511 00:31:01,730 --> 00:31:03,268 It is a very precise thing. 512 00:31:03,270 --> 00:31:05,528 If you are not right place, right time, 513 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:08,278 and it tune with your partner, it is a dangerous thing. 514 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,700 Oh. No, I'm fine. 515 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,198 Oh. That is my nose blood. 516 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,498 Let us applaud the empress for her bravery. 517 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:22,328 Show her our respect. 518 00:31:22,330 --> 00:31:24,380 The empress. 519 00:31:30,340 --> 00:31:32,218 I could tell my husband what you did. 520 00:31:32,220 --> 00:31:35,138 There are plates of food your husband likes better than you. 521 00:31:35,140 --> 00:31:37,848 You are nothing but a tolerated womb. 522 00:31:37,850 --> 00:31:40,018 We will never disrespect you in front of him, 523 00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:41,573 but you will do well to know your place 524 00:31:41,575 --> 00:31:43,350 in regard to me and my ladies. 525 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,608 Do not attempt to take them from me again... 526 00:31:47,610 --> 00:31:49,030 horse fucker. 527 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,548 What's happened? 528 00:32:14,550 --> 00:32:16,968 A tea dance. 529 00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:18,308 Are you all right? 530 00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:20,728 It is unbearable, this place. 531 00:32:20,730 --> 00:32:21,888 Fuck! 532 00:32:21,890 --> 00:32:23,768 Cry. 533 00:32:23,770 --> 00:32:25,360 I can feel it in you. 534 00:32:41,700 --> 00:32:44,918 I... I miss home. 535 00:32:46,290 --> 00:32:47,538 What else? 536 00:32:47,540 --> 00:32:50,418 I hate everyone. 537 00:32:50,420 --> 00:32:51,668 What else? 538 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:54,378 I don't like eating moose lips, 539 00:32:54,380 --> 00:32:57,298 but everyone's always going on about them. 540 00:32:57,300 --> 00:32:59,138 Disgusting stuff. 541 00:33:02,810 --> 00:33:06,020 Like a storm departing your body. 542 00:33:10,650 --> 00:33:12,648 To cry is very Russian. 543 00:33:12,650 --> 00:33:15,490 It is salty and vodka-laced usually. 544 00:33:22,410 --> 00:33:24,538 What of politics? 545 00:33:24,540 --> 00:33:26,038 You never even speak of it. 546 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:28,418 What needs to be said of throwing your life at a brick wall 547 00:33:28,420 --> 00:33:29,998 until the wall is still there, 548 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,458 but you're bones and mush in a skin bag? 549 00:33:32,460 --> 00:33:34,470 Change is possible. 550 00:33:39,010 --> 00:33:41,598 When I was 12, 551 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,478 the war edged its way toward us. 552 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,188 Suddenly men appeared in our wheat fields. 553 00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:49,438 The whole of the land was lost in a blue smoke 554 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,818 with shapes like ghosts shifting amid it. 555 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:54,608 But then the fighting stopped. 556 00:33:54,610 --> 00:33:57,738 Rain came and washed the blood away. 557 00:33:57,740 --> 00:33:59,698 We replanted. 558 00:33:59,700 --> 00:34:02,078 The wheat grew back. 559 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:04,948 And as my father and I walked through the field again, 560 00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:06,620 he asked me, 561 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:09,330 "Who won?" 562 00:34:11,090 --> 00:34:12,958 So nothing matters? 563 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,468 We'll all be dust. 564 00:34:15,470 --> 00:34:17,430 I will be happy dust. 565 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,058 So your happiness is a political stand? 566 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:25,388 Indeed it is. And I will not resile from it. 567 00:34:25,390 --> 00:34:26,938 Shall we have another? 568 00:34:26,940 --> 00:34:29,148 I do not know whether I... 569 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,608 admire it or despise it. 570 00:34:31,610 --> 00:34:34,730 Neither do I, so I suggest you do neither. 571 00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:40,990 Merely enjoy me. 572 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,698 Maybe... lick me a little. 573 00:34:44,700 --> 00:34:46,370 If you feel like it. 574 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,038 Hmm. 575 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,380 You know, I'm sorry, but I cannot let you go. 576 00:34:58,340 --> 00:35:02,220 I never thought being doomed would feel so pleasant. 577 00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:19,988 Archie, you still have your visions 578 00:35:19,990 --> 00:35:21,528 and communications with God? 579 00:35:21,530 --> 00:35:25,618 Uh, they come to me under certain conditions. 580 00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:27,788 Or he says they do. 581 00:35:27,790 --> 00:35:29,658 I am blessed to have a connection with our Lord. 582 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:31,998 It's so unusual, I understand your disbelief, 583 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,628 for your faith and imagination are pedestrian. 584 00:35:34,630 --> 00:35:36,668 He just said, "Fuck you", if you did not get that, Orlo. 585 00:35:36,670 --> 00:35:39,418 - I did, sir. - Great. So, my idea. 586 00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:42,298 Do your vision. Ask God who I should pick. 587 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:44,548 - What? No. No. - No? 588 00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:46,428 What the fuck are you talking for? 589 00:35:46,430 --> 00:35:47,565 I will pull out your tongue 590 00:35:47,567 --> 00:35:49,928 and eat it with a nice salsa verde if it moves again. 591 00:35:49,930 --> 00:35:52,848 It does not really work like that. 592 00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:56,068 - God... - Tell him I'm fucking asking. 593 00:35:56,070 --> 00:35:57,358 I am ordained by God, 594 00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,068 so he needs to play handball with me on this 595 00:35:59,070 --> 00:36:01,568 if he doesn't want it all fucked up by a wrong choice. 596 00:36:01,570 --> 00:36:07,328 Of course. I will see if I can create the conditions for a vision. 597 00:36:07,330 --> 00:36:09,910 - Fuck me. - Did you just speak? 598 00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:26,798 C... D... 599 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,178 E... F... 600 00:36:30,810 --> 00:36:33,058 - He has sent Archie... - G... 601 00:36:33,060 --> 00:36:37,018 to commune with God. 602 00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:39,778 God will show Archie a sign, 603 00:36:39,780 --> 00:36:43,318 and he will pick the patriarch and inform Peter. 604 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,778 He fucking has whoever he wants. 605 00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:48,578 - Lying, disingenuous prick. - Ow! 606 00:36:48,580 --> 00:36:50,408 Marial! 607 00:36:50,410 --> 00:36:53,828 He is a good man, and a holy man in his heart. 608 00:36:53,830 --> 00:36:56,248 He is your friend and cousin. You are biased. 609 00:36:56,250 --> 00:36:58,338 He is a political animal, 610 00:36:58,340 --> 00:37:00,708 always protecting the power and wealth of the church. 611 00:37:00,710 --> 00:37:04,008 He is a bishop, that is what you would call his job. 612 00:37:04,010 --> 00:37:07,678 As it is your job to be an annoying, un-fucked insect. 613 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,560 Marial, take a breath. 614 00:37:11,220 --> 00:37:14,808 Orlo, if he is a political animal, 615 00:37:14,810 --> 00:37:16,898 he can be reasoned with. 616 00:37:16,900 --> 00:37:18,768 He does at least speak to women, 617 00:37:18,770 --> 00:37:21,478 so he has one up on our man, anyway. 618 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,650 You have done deals in the past. 619 00:37:24,780 --> 00:37:26,158 Yes. 620 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,828 So, push him toward our man. 621 00:37:28,830 --> 00:37:29,879 I could talk to him. 622 00:37:29,881 --> 00:37:32,408 And he'll wonder why a woman cares about the patriarch 623 00:37:32,410 --> 00:37:34,748 and tip our hand. 624 00:37:34,750 --> 00:37:37,128 It is my job. 625 00:37:37,130 --> 00:37:39,460 The patriarch affects the women, too. 626 00:37:40,250 --> 00:37:41,918 Just ask my nanny, 627 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,338 who got pregnant out of wedlock, 628 00:37:44,340 --> 00:37:46,758 and they fucking killed her in her village 629 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,508 at the priest's behest! 630 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,688 Orlo is wrong. 631 00:37:56,690 --> 00:37:59,188 Archie is a good man. 632 00:37:59,190 --> 00:38:01,398 I never got over the fingering, to be honest. 633 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:02,818 He had to do that. 634 00:38:02,820 --> 00:38:05,990 It is his role and duty. 635 00:38:07,740 --> 00:38:09,738 When my mother died, 636 00:38:09,740 --> 00:38:12,788 and my father clutched a bottle and a whore to his breast 637 00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:15,248 instead of his young children, 638 00:38:15,250 --> 00:38:20,168 he took care of me, and my sister, every day. 639 00:38:20,170 --> 00:38:24,548 He has a hard head for politics, but trust me, a good heart. 640 00:38:24,550 --> 00:38:27,048 Leaving the bony fingers aside. 641 00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:37,440 Archie. 642 00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:39,938 Orlo. 643 00:38:39,940 --> 00:38:42,770 Can we talk about who the patriarch should be? 644 00:38:43,730 --> 00:38:47,778 Always with the politics, Orlo. What a small world you live in. 645 00:38:47,780 --> 00:38:51,778 Everything is politics, Archie. That just means your price is high. 646 00:38:51,780 --> 00:38:54,118 You are going to have a vision, 647 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,578 and lo and behold, it will be Kerlov. 648 00:38:56,580 --> 00:38:59,458 I feel sorry for you that you think that. 649 00:38:59,460 --> 00:39:01,168 That's the problem with your philosophy. 650 00:39:01,170 --> 00:39:03,088 You aggrandize the individual, 651 00:39:03,090 --> 00:39:04,880 think we're not part of something bigger. 652 00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:08,088 It's a barren wasteland of aloneness 653 00:39:08,090 --> 00:39:10,638 that you try to push us towards. 654 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,348 God enfolds us. 655 00:39:13,350 --> 00:39:16,018 His love enfolds us. 656 00:39:16,020 --> 00:39:19,188 And right now your bullshit enfolds me. 657 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:22,308 Any warmth I can bring, my friend. 658 00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:25,278 Let us work out who suits us both best. 659 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:26,778 All I ask. 660 00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:29,238 I'm God's servant, not yours. 661 00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:31,108 No politics. 662 00:39:31,110 --> 00:39:32,908 He directs me. 663 00:39:32,910 --> 00:39:35,118 Tarcinkus is a good man, 664 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,038 all I wanted to say, 665 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,998 a man we can both work with. 666 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,128 He has no real opinions. 667 00:39:42,130 --> 00:39:43,628 Shit. 668 00:39:43,630 --> 00:39:45,878 "Now here, now there, 669 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,758 the roving fancy flies, 670 00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:53,258 till some loved object strikes her wandering eyes, 671 00:39:53,260 --> 00:39:58,598 whose silken fetters all the senses bind, 672 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:03,858 and soft captivity involves the mind". 673 00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:05,400 Hello. 674 00:40:06,190 --> 00:40:08,068 The women. 675 00:40:08,070 --> 00:40:09,438 Ah, yes. 676 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,990 I heard a tea dance got out of hand. 677 00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:19,038 They hate me. 678 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:22,998 Well, you did stripe Svenska most marvelously. 679 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,248 But her surface is what matters to her, 680 00:40:25,250 --> 00:40:27,050 and you scratched it hard. 681 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,508 I want them to like me. 682 00:40:30,510 --> 00:40:33,548 Why? They are dreary. 683 00:40:33,550 --> 00:40:36,548 All you need to do is be respected by them 684 00:40:36,550 --> 00:40:38,678 and show responsibility for them. 685 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,728 Show responsibility? 686 00:40:40,730 --> 00:40:43,808 You are the only voice the women have. 687 00:40:43,810 --> 00:40:46,648 - But I do not have a voice. - You must grow one. 688 00:40:46,650 --> 00:40:49,898 As you will grow an heir in your bright, shiny womb. 689 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:51,360 Oh, wait. 690 00:40:57,700 --> 00:40:59,288 What are these? 691 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,828 Inspiration 692 00:41:00,830 --> 00:41:02,578 and education. 693 00:41:02,580 --> 00:41:04,748 Is it physically possible? 694 00:41:04,750 --> 00:41:06,328 I thought not, 695 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:08,498 but as long as you have someone to brace you, 696 00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:10,050 that one is excellent. 697 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:13,010 Though painful for a few days after. 698 00:41:14,430 --> 00:41:16,428 You're intrigued. 699 00:41:16,430 --> 00:41:18,888 They fire something in me. 700 00:41:18,890 --> 00:41:21,218 Hmm. 701 00:41:21,220 --> 00:41:24,480 Which brings me to this horse story. 702 00:41:25,350 --> 00:41:29,148 I wanted to, but the horse said no, and neigh means neigh. 703 00:41:30,570 --> 00:41:33,148 You are a delight. 704 00:41:33,150 --> 00:41:36,988 We are all animals, so I would not judge it harshly if you had. 705 00:41:36,990 --> 00:41:39,828 I once saw a deer so beautiful, 706 00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:42,248 I leant against a tree with my dress raised, 707 00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:44,290 hoping it would mount me. 708 00:41:48,170 --> 00:41:49,498 Anyways, 709 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:51,548 the ladies. 710 00:41:51,550 --> 00:41:53,918 You may have to slap Marial down. 711 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,628 That's what she said. 712 00:41:55,630 --> 00:41:56,718 Wise girl. 713 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:59,928 You cannot choose a servant over a lady. It will not do. 714 00:41:59,930 --> 00:42:01,310 I will not. 715 00:42:07,270 --> 00:42:10,688 Just like that. See? 716 00:42:10,690 --> 00:42:12,778 It is not easy being empress, 717 00:42:12,780 --> 00:42:15,148 but you can do it. 718 00:42:15,150 --> 00:42:17,738 Now, I have these sticks from Asia. 719 00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:19,408 They are to enhance your fertility, 720 00:42:19,410 --> 00:42:22,198 but I cannot work out whether we wave them over your womb 721 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:23,910 or insert them into you. 722 00:42:24,910 --> 00:42:27,540 I'm pretty sure it's a "wave them" situation. 723 00:42:55,820 --> 00:42:57,530 Are you all right? 724 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:05,408 You shimmer... 725 00:43:05,410 --> 00:43:07,288 with radiance. 726 00:43:07,290 --> 00:43:09,828 Are you an angel? 727 00:43:09,830 --> 00:43:12,168 Some have said it. 728 00:43:12,170 --> 00:43:16,008 Guidance. Thank you for coming. 729 00:43:16,010 --> 00:43:19,718 Apparently, you have a good heart under those dark clothes. 730 00:43:19,720 --> 00:43:21,340 I do. 731 00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,268 You could help Russia. 732 00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:26,978 It is awry. 733 00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:29,390 I wish nothing else. 734 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:35,018 Who should it be, the patriarch? 735 00:43:35,020 --> 00:43:37,740 Guidance is sought. 736 00:43:38,990 --> 00:43:41,858 Perhaps it is you. 737 00:43:41,860 --> 00:43:43,280 Me? 738 00:43:45,240 --> 00:43:46,790 But I'm not... 739 00:43:49,210 --> 00:43:50,788 worthy. 740 00:43:50,790 --> 00:43:52,748 You see women. 741 00:43:52,750 --> 00:43:55,168 You are smart. 742 00:43:55,170 --> 00:43:57,798 You can bring Russia right, 743 00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:01,510 through your heart, and through faith and change. 744 00:44:05,810 --> 00:44:08,140 Okay. Good. 745 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:10,980 Bye. 746 00:44:15,650 --> 00:44:18,988 Emperor, I must make an impassioned plea 747 00:44:18,990 --> 00:44:21,448 for you to just choose Bishop Pavel Lopov Tarcinkus. 748 00:44:21,450 --> 00:44:23,618 He is of fair, wise mind, 749 00:44:23,620 --> 00:44:25,618 and if you sit with him and sip vodka a minute, 750 00:44:25,620 --> 00:44:29,288 you will see he is of tender heart, and the perfect choice. 751 00:44:29,290 --> 00:44:31,408 I suppose I could. Does he like me? 752 00:44:31,410 --> 00:44:33,918 Of course! He... He loves you. 753 00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,130 Emperor! A sign! 754 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,048 God sent me an angel. 755 00:44:39,050 --> 00:44:40,718 He does look completely strange. 756 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:42,678 His eyes. And he's... he's shaking. 757 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:44,678 - Sir... - God sent a vision? 758 00:44:44,680 --> 00:44:46,548 What does he say? Who does he want? 759 00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:51,428 Emperor, allow me to present... 760 00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:53,228 myself! 761 00:44:53,230 --> 00:44:54,598 Yourself? 762 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,438 As the patriarch! 763 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,938 It's what He wants, for me to rise, 764 00:44:59,940 --> 00:45:01,990 and help you make Russia great. 765 00:45:03,110 --> 00:45:04,990 Did the angel talk about me? 766 00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,658 - Not directly. - Of course he can't. 767 00:45:08,660 --> 00:45:10,868 It's totally against the rules. He's not old enough. 768 00:45:10,870 --> 00:45:13,498 - Not a senior member of the synod... - Shut up. 769 00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:14,870 We can deal with that. 770 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,040 Archie. 771 00:45:19,460 --> 00:45:22,008 Look into my eyes. 772 00:45:22,010 --> 00:45:23,510 Tell me what you see. 773 00:45:32,980 --> 00:45:35,518 The soul of a king! 774 00:46:04,630 --> 00:46:06,628 So. 775 00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:08,428 Tell me of your lives here. 776 00:46:08,430 --> 00:46:10,638 All is bliss in the court of Peter. 777 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:12,718 Of course life is bliss here, 778 00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:15,638 but if tiny improvements could be made, 779 00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:17,728 and I could help you as empress, 780 00:46:17,730 --> 00:46:21,478 that would gladden my heart to be a friend and a use to you all. 781 00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:23,358 Why don't you stop the war? 782 00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:25,488 I will note it down. 783 00:46:25,490 --> 00:46:28,568 But it is probably beyond me at this point. 784 00:46:28,570 --> 00:46:31,450 Maybe more immediate things. 785 00:46:32,830 --> 00:46:34,948 Well, the carriages are always in disrepair. 786 00:46:34,950 --> 00:46:36,998 They do not fix them fast enough. 787 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:39,878 I see. I shall look into it. 788 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,378 How is your son, Tatyana? Boris. He was unwell. 789 00:46:43,380 --> 00:46:45,470 Fucking Chekhov saw him, but... 790 00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:49,048 We need better doctors than the Chekhovs. 791 00:46:49,050 --> 00:46:52,638 Boris coughs blood, and the fool puts leeches on his throat. 792 00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,848 I do not know doctoring, but it seems ridiculous. 793 00:46:55,850 --> 00:46:57,938 And my dearest Boris gets sicker. 794 00:46:57,940 --> 00:47:00,058 - He basically killed Raisa. - Exactly. 795 00:47:00,060 --> 00:47:03,568 Indeed. We must have the most modern medicine. 796 00:47:03,570 --> 00:47:06,438 We shall bring a new doctor from France. 797 00:47:06,440 --> 00:47:09,698 What a friend you are to us. 798 00:47:09,700 --> 00:47:11,160 How is Leo? 799 00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,288 He makes my skin tingle 800 00:47:16,290 --> 00:47:18,868 and my heart gladden. 801 00:47:18,870 --> 00:47:21,038 Surely more detail than that. 802 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,128 If you really are our friend, we will need you to open up to us, 803 00:47:24,130 --> 00:47:26,838 if it is true, and we are to feel you love us. 804 00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,630 Shut up, whore. 805 00:47:29,630 --> 00:47:31,590 - She cannot... - Apologize. 806 00:47:34,430 --> 00:47:36,848 I will see to her later. 807 00:47:36,850 --> 00:47:38,978 Go back to your quarters, Marial. 808 00:47:38,980 --> 00:47:41,058 Neeeeigh! 809 00:47:42,190 --> 00:47:44,900 Do not ever do that. 810 00:47:46,070 --> 00:47:48,780 That goes for all of you. Am I heard? 811 00:47:49,820 --> 00:47:52,028 I have spoken to my husband on this, 812 00:47:52,030 --> 00:47:54,488 and he sees it as a sleight on him. 813 00:47:54,490 --> 00:47:59,208 If it is heard again, no matter what family, what wealth, 814 00:47:59,210 --> 00:48:01,958 they will be a servant, stripped of everything, 815 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,458 and we will slap the shit out of them on a daily basis. 816 00:48:05,460 --> 00:48:06,920 Am I heard? 817 00:48:08,590 --> 00:48:11,298 Marial, wipe the blood from your nose. 818 00:48:11,300 --> 00:48:12,890 Pour me wine. 819 00:48:15,510 --> 00:48:18,850 Now, other things you ladies need from me? 820 00:48:19,890 --> 00:48:23,860 Lady Svenska, can I help you in any way? 821 00:48:24,980 --> 00:48:26,648 No, Empress. I am satisfied. 822 00:48:26,650 --> 00:48:28,990 Mm. Marvelous. 823 00:48:29,860 --> 00:48:31,360 Good day, then. 824 00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:40,828 Empress, I think you may be a natural, well done. 825 00:48:40,830 --> 00:48:44,248 - Thank you. Amazing party. - Oh. 826 00:48:44,250 --> 00:48:46,668 You seem to live by your own rules. 827 00:48:46,670 --> 00:48:48,760 It helps they think I'm mad. 828 00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:52,218 A new patriarch. Huzzah! 829 00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:54,008 Huzzah! 830 00:48:54,010 --> 00:48:56,008 This is a terrible mistake. 831 00:48:56,010 --> 00:48:58,058 Do not worry. 832 00:48:58,060 --> 00:49:00,928 All is bliss in the court of Catherine the Great. 833 00:49:00,930 --> 00:49:02,518 Oh, to the empress. 834 00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:05,438 She is finding her feet here, and her fists. 835 00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:06,808 Huzzah! 836 00:49:06,810 --> 00:49:08,858 Apparently she fucked a horse before she got here. 837 00:49:08,860 --> 00:49:11,528 - Huzzah. - For I am all for fucking, 838 00:49:11,530 --> 00:49:13,818 and after Archie blesses us, we will all begin. 839 00:49:13,820 --> 00:49:15,620 Huzzah! 840 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:34,088 What else can one have faith in but love? 841 00:49:34,090 --> 00:49:36,220 I thought it was an answer. 842 00:49:37,510 --> 00:49:39,680 I now realize it is a question. 843 00:49:43,140 --> 00:49:44,480 Pick one.